Grant DeArmitt
News
Hazbin Hotel x Invader Zim: Series creator Vivienne Medrano says it's a dream come true of working with Invader Zim's Richard Horvitz
Whether it's their shared dark humor or wiry animation style, it's easy to assume that Hazbin Hotel owes a lot to Invader Zim. And according to the former's creator, Medrano, working alongside the voice of the latter's titular character is a serious perk
October 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano knows the secret that can make Halloween bigger than Christmas
It shouldn't surprise fans of the Hellaverse-set musical comedy, but Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano believes the answer is in music
October 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Exandria, ho! Watch the cast of Vox Machina, Mighty Nein, and Critical Role - Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham - roll for adventure at NYCC 2025
The voices of Vex/Jester (Bailey), Keyleth/Beauregard (Ray), Vax/Caleb (O’Brien), Pike/Yasha (Johnson), Percy/Mallymauk (Jaffe), Scanlon/Nott (Riegel), and Grog/Fjord (Willingham) joined GM Matthew Mercer at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there filming
October 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Something is Killing the Children has Weapons to thank for becoming a hot Hollywood property
Not entirely, of course - Something is Killing the Children's marketability comes from many places including writer James Tynion IV, original artist Werther Dell'Edera, and the legion of loyal BOOM! Studios readers. But Zach Cregger's horror hit Weapons didn't hurt
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Knives Out creator Rian Johnson's next big project is science fiction, but we're telling you right now - it ain't Star Wars
Knives Out and Looper director Johnson is making a movie that harkens back to 70s scifi. Just not the 1977 kind, in particular
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Andrew Garfield would play Spider-Man again - but not in the MCU way you might be thinking
No, this isn't news of The Amazing Spider-Man 3, sad to say. But there is a certain third web-slinging adventure that Garfield can see himself dusting off the mask for
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Need a last-minute costume? Critical Role and Spirit Halloween have you covered
Just in time for Samhain, two of the most popular characters from Critical Role's Mighty Nein are getting the Spirit Halloween treatment. Hope you like dressing as a tiefling
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch demons, monsters, and a whole lotta blood at the Chainsaw Man Special Panel from NYCC 2025
Hot on the heels of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the creatives behind one of animes best and bloodiest were at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film all the action
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!Shocked by the end of IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1? The show's creators explained why they had to do it (and how HBO execs reacted)
We've got spoilers incoming, as producer Barbara Muschietti and writer Jason Fuchs describe what led to IT: Welcome to Derry's bloody and beguiling pilot ending
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Witcher season 4's new Geralt, Liam Hemsworth, says he's not trying to "redo" what Henry Cavill did
Speaking ahead of his debut as Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher season 4 lead Hemsworth went into what he wanted (or rather, didn't want) out of his own performance
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
By the power of grey hairs! Masters of the Universe might feature the original onscreen He-Man
The upcoming Masters of the Universe reboot from Mattel and Amazon MGM has found a new He-Man in Nicholas Galitzine. But if Creed II star Dolph Lundgren's hinting is true, they've found an old one as well
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein used AI as inspiration - but not in the way you think
Guillermo del Toro despises AI, and his updated tale of Victor Frankenstein and his Monster - coming soon to Netflix - reflects his feelings
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Oscar Isaac talk Moon Knight, comics, and his romance with Pedro Pascal - full panel video from New York Comic Con
Even before he was Reed Richards, Pedro Pascal had a special place in Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac's heart. Hear him talk about it, and other things, yourself right here.
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch The Running Man's Edgar Wright, Lee Pace, and Glen Powell sprint to NYCC 2025, caught on camera by Popverse!
Director Wright joined the stars of his Running Man - Pace (Evan McCone) and Powell (Ben Richards) - to discuss the upcoming remake of the classic Stephen King dystopia
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
No, Joseph Quinn really isn't in Stranger Things season 5 (or is he?)
Fantastic Four star Quinn, who played our heartstrings (literally?) as Eddie Munson, is definitely dead and definitely not coming back to Stranger Things. Because that never happens, right, Jim Hopper?
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Spoilers!Batman, Flash, and DC Studios Easter Eggs are all over IT: Welcome to Derry season premiere - Here's why they weren't just throwaways [Lore Corner]
A certain Scarlet Speedster and Dark Knight Detective are visible briefly in the prequel to Andy Muschietti's IT adaptation, Welcome to Derry. And if you know that filmmaker, you already know why these DCU references matter
October 27, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
HBO wants to scare you into watching the new IT: Welcome to Derry show
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is the latest horror monster to headline a viral marketing campaign - to advertise IT: Welcome to Derry of course - that Warner Bros. is running from Paris to Madrid to NYC
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Fantastic Four star Michael Chiklis recalls awful memories of being in The Thing suit: "I think I'm gonna have to quit"
Chiklis won't return as The Thing in Avengers: Doomsday, and now we know why. So, too, do a handful of FX people and at least one psychiatrist
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Tale of Two Dickens: MaXXXine director Ti West's A Christmas Carol (starring Johnny Depp) will face Nosferatu director Robert Eggers's A Christmas Carol (starring Willem Dafoe, maybe)
It's beginning to look a lot like tiff-mas, as two of the most prominent horror directors working today, West & Eggers, will release competing adaptations of the OG Christmas ghost story come Yuletide next year
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why The Witcher chose Liam Hemsworth to replace Henry Cavill, according to showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Netflix's Witcher producers didn't just need an actor who could fight monsters as Geralt of Rivia, as we'll see Hemsworth do soon in season 4. They needed one who "has a soul"
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the IT: Welcome to Derry panel featuring Andy & Barbara Muschietti and more from NYCC 2025
The producer/director duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti joined writer Kane, developer Fuchs and stars Chalk, Remar, Adepo, Rider, Paige, and Guerrero in welcoming New York Comic Con to the worst little town in America: Derry, Maine
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch your favorite heroes, villains, and everyone in between take the stage at the Cosplay Central Showcase from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 was home to some of the best costumes in the Northeast, and at the Cosplay Central Showcase, those costumers got their chance to strut their stuff. Popverse was, obviously, there to film it
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch (and listen!) as Hazbin Hotel's Vivienne Medrano, Erika Henningsen, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Kimiko Glenn, Alex Brightman, Jessica Vosk, Joel Perez, Lilli Cooper, and Krystina Alabado raise Hell at NYCC 2025
Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano joined the voices of Charlie (Henningsen), Angel Dust (Roman), Alastor (Talai), Niffty (Glenn), Sir Pentious (Brightman), Lute (Vosk), Valentino (Perez), Velvette (Cooper), and Cherri Bomb (Alabado) at new York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to capture it
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the best dressed win at the Cosplay Central Crown Championship from NYCC 2025
Good guys, bad guys, weird guys, and beard guys - all tried for their shot at the Cosplay Central Crown Championship held at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film the winners
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Season 2's Madeleine Martin, Roz Ryan, Ashly Burch, and showrunner Adam Muto take a special look at the series NYCC 2025
At New York Comic Con 2025, the voices of Fionna (Martin) and Cake (Ryan) joined writer Ashly Burch and showrunner Adam Muto to talk about their corner of the Adventure Time universe, and Popverse was there to catch it all
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Will Netflix's Wayward get a season 2? Here's what Mae Martin and Ryan Scott had to say
Runaway teen thriller Wayward, starring Toni Collette, is climbing the charts at Netflix - but will that be enough for a season 2? Here's what creator (and star) Martin has to say, along with producer Scott
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Five Nights at Freddy's studio Blumhouse is getting into comics - via video games, of all things
Fear the Spotlight, one of Blumhouse's first in-house video games, is getting an in-house graphic novel from the team of Patricia Villeto and Claudia Leonardi
October 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things is coming to movie theaters for its season 5 finale this New Years' Eve
Netflix has decided the Stranger Things series finale is just too big for only the small screen, so they've partnered with AMC Theaters to bring it to a larger format
October 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch as Sam Heughan, Diana Gabaldon, and more re-live Starz' Outlander in hour-long NYCC panel
Relive the moment Outlander's Murtagh Fraser (Lacroix), John Grey (Berry), and Jamie Fraser (Heughan) took the NYCC stage with novelist and creator Diana Gabaldon for an unmissable comic con panel
October 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
After Critical Role & Dimension 20's sweeping success, DMing YouTubers The Dungeon Dudes predict the future of Dungeons & Dragons live play
Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin know a thing or two about TTRPG web series, which is one of the reasons they've helped build actual play/escape room hybrid Tales from Woodcreek
October 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion might be the most important Miles Morales comic in years [Spoilers!]
For real, Marvel Comics fan - we're getting into explicit spoilers from Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5 (Don't say we didn't warn you)
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The secret game Mike Flanagan's Flanaverse actors play each time he writes a new script for them
When a new Mike Flanagan project is announced, loves of the horror director like to fancast his frequent collaborators in the project's roles. Turns out, so do his frequent collaborators.
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role Campaign 4 exists because GM Brennan Lee Mulligan LOVES orcs
OK, maybe not *only* because Dimension 20 GM Mulligan loves orcs, but Aramán's history in Critical Role's fourth campaign has a lot to do with the most hated-upon fantasy race
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC Comics opens the forbidden door between AEW action and cosmic chaos with DC K.O.: Green Lantern Galactic Slam
Writer Jeremy Adams and artist Cian Tormey team up for a DC K.O. tie-in amongst the stars, as Omega-Bam-Man and Kyle Rayner head into the ring for Green Lantern Galactic Slam
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
What is Daredevil: Born Again star Deborah Ann Woll like as a GM? Let the Dungeon Dudes tell you
Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin, better known to the TTRPG community as the Dungeon Dudes, teamed up with Woll on a new kind of actual play/reality series, Tales from Woodcreek
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Daredevil: Born Again star Deborah Ann Woll brings Dungeons & Dragons to reality TV fans with Tales from Woodcreek
The Dungeon Dudes' Tales from Woodcreek takes TTRPG actual play to a whole new level, and fans of Squid Game: The Challenge and The Traitors should take note
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel stars Deborah Ann Woll, Iman Vellani and more bring terror to TTRPGs in Tales from Woodcreek, and we sat down with hosts The Dungeon Dudes to learn more
Tales from Woodcreek - a show that unites TTRPG, escape room stakes, and reality TV drama - heads to The Dungeon Dudes YouTube October 31, and we got the scoop from titular dudes Monty Martin and Kelly McLaughlin
October 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What to Watch November 2025: Stranger Things' long-awaited season 5 comes to Netflix, Apple TV+ brings A-listers to Pluribus, Critical Role's The Mighty Nein debuts on Prime Video, and more
Plus: more Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Hulu, Landman season 2 on Paramount+, and a new take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses coming to HBO Max
October 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
IT: Welcome to Derry's Andy Muschietti & Brad Caleb Kane tease a Dark Tower connection - but not a Stephen King multiverse show
IT: Welcome to Derry has turtles, just not all the way down. Director Muschietti and Kane definitely want you to know about Stephen King's Dark Tower, but don't want you to think this is Castle Rock 2
October 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Tiny Onion horror series Exquisite Corpses has sold more than 400,000 copies since launch, and is now confirmed for 5 year run
Speaking at New York Comic Con, Tiny Onion founder (and Exquisite Corpses writer) James Tynion IV shared the staggering sales numbers and future plans for his serial killer battle royale series
October 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things spinoff won't expand or explain the Upside Down lore, say Duffer Brothers
Netflix's enigmatic Stranger Things spinoff will be a case of "almost anthologizing," say the Duffer Brothers
October 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Ross Duffer doubts that streaming will ever see another story like Netflix's Stranger Things
Duffer, one half of the Stranger Things creative pair, says he doesn't know "how many more opportunities there are going to be" like the one he and brother Matt got
October 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Jason Voorhees slashes his way back into gaming with special Fortnite and Call of Duty events planned for Halloween 2025
Friday the 13th: The Game may have been discontinued, but gamers can relive it with Call of Duty's Jason Voorhees-themed The Haunting, or for a slightly different experience, Fortnite's Fortnitemares 2025, which features other horror icons
October 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Jim Carrey wants to be the dad of tomorrow in Jetsons reboot from director Colin Trevorrow
Warner Bros.' Jetsons reboot has already found its helmer in Jurassic World Dominion director Colin Trevorrow - is it about to find its George Jetson in Sonic the Hedgehog star Carrey?
October 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Wayward creator on casting comedy legend in the Netflix show: Don't just meet your heroes, "beat the shit" out of them
Mae Martin, Breakout star of Netflix's teen thriller Wayward, has been a fan (and friend!) of Kids in the Hall's Mark McKinney for years. Which doesn't mean it wasn't fun to beat him up on set
October 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch CBS's official Ghosts panel with Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Wiseman, Román Zaragoza, Sheila Carrasco, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Grodman, & Rebecca Wisocky from NYCC
Is NYCC haunted? Maybe not, but the memories of talks from the Ghosts actors behind Sasappis, Flower, Jay, Alberta, Trevor, and Hetty taking the Main Stage still linger.
October 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel TV chief says Spider-Man: Brand New Day will feel like "the same New York" as the Punisher special, but don't count on "major plot points" to transfer over
Marvel's Head of Streaming, Television and Animation Brad Winderbaum recently spoke to the likenesses and differences between Disney+'s Punisher special and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the next two MCU projects for Jon Bernthal, AKA Frank Castle
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Are Critical Role campaigns 1 & 2 necessary viewing before Prime Video's Vox Machina & Mighty Nein? Marisha Ray says no, but Matt Mercer has a clarification
Speaking at New York Comic Con, the pair of Ray and Mercer wanted to let you know that Vox Machina & Mighty Nein are both for the newbies and for the hardcore Critters
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is giving Beauregard Lionett from Mighty Nein a deeper backstory for Prime Video series, according to star Marisha Ray
OG Critical Roler Ray was giving fans of her human monk Beau at New York Comic Con reason to get excited for Prime Video's animated adaptation of campaign 2, The Mighty Nein.
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel has a 20+ year old Spider-Man comic by Jeph Loeb and J. Scott Campbell locked away until "the time is right"
The Astonishing Spider-Man, which Loeb and Campbell started work on in the early 2000s, is still very much alive. It's just also in a Marvel Comics file somewhere.
October 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sigourney Weaver had the entire Alien: Earth cast starstruck, they revealed at NYCC '25
Which is funny, if you think about it, because wasn't original Alien star Weaver *just* talking about how much she loved Noah Hawley's FX series?
October 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role creator Matthew Mercer: The Mighty Nein being longer than Vox Machina means there will be more time to cry
Critical Role fans will get more time to spend with the titular heroes in Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, which means more time to fall in love with them. Which also means it's gonna be worse when shit goes south
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Critical Role teasing a massively popular Dungeons & Dragons villain for The Legend of Vox Machina season 4? Yes and no
At New York Comic Con 2025, the OG Critical Role cast couldn't stop talking about 'The Whispered One,' who lore-knowledgeable fans remember as a thinly-veiled Vecna. And before you ask, no, it's not the Stranger Things villain
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role animated series The Mighty Nein adds Lucy Liu as the Bright Queen, more cast revealed at NYCC '25
Liu joins Anjelica Huston, Nathan Fillion, T'Nia Miller, Felicia Day, Graham McTavish, and Ivanna Sakhno in Prime Video's latest Critical Role adaptation, The Mighty Nein
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role adds Wayne Brady as Taryon Darrington for Vox Machina season 4 (and more cast revealed, too!)
Brady will play campaign 1 breakout Darrington in the latest season of Critical Role's first Prime Video collab, alongside unnamed characters played by Kevin Michaerl Richardson, Tom Cardy
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Netflix's official Wednesday panel with Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzmán, Gwendoline Christie, and more from New York Comic Con
Before Wednesday became Netflix's No. 1 goth teen hit, Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzmán, Gwendoline Christie, and creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar were all at New York Comic Con 2022: Watch it here
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Kickstarter is on strike - here's what you should know
After negotiations for a new contract fell through, the Kickstarter employee union began a strike on September 26
October 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
NYCC Third Place: Let Hall 1E be your rest between quests during New York Comic Con 2025
Welcome to the ReedPop Third Place - where NYCC' 25 attendees can hang out, make friends, or just take a break when they're not at panels or on the show floor
October 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Heading to New York Comic Con for business? Here's your guide to retailer day
NYCC '25 isn't just for the fans - it's for everybody in the business of comics. And if that's you; here's what you can expect from October 8, AKA Retailer Day
October 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Woah: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are ready for Bill and Ted 4
Broadway and Beckett brought Reeves and Winter back together, and now, they're ready for the Wyld Stallyns to ride again
October 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Crunchyroll brings Chainsaw Man merch to US ahead of Reze Arc release in theaters
You don't need a chainsaw to open up your wallet - Crunchyroll's promise of Reze Arc collectibles and apparel will do the trick for you
October 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hazbin Hotel heads to Broadway ahead of Season 2 debuting on Prime Video
Before Hell's most popular animated musical comedy comes back for season 2, it's headed to Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway at the Majestic Theater in New York, hosted by series lead Erika Henningsen!
October 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Ahead of IT: Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max, we're covering the top five MUST READ Stephen King novels [Lore Corner]
And no, IT isn't gonna be on this list. I mean, you should probably read that before Andy and Barbara Muschietti's Welcome to Derry comes to HBO, but I think that's self-evident, don't you?
October 06, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Follow along live for Marvel Comics' Marvel Fanfare with C.B. Cebulski and J. Scott Campbell at NYCC 2025!
J. Scott Campbell gets the spotlight in the official Marvel Fanfare panel from New York Comic Con 2025.
October 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Peacemaker season 2 star Jennifer Holland didn't expect to fight Nazis, but loved it
Sometimes you show up for work and whip Mein Kampf at a bad guy's face. If the "you" in question is the DCU's Emilia Harcourt, AKA Jennifer Holland
October 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen, admits people might be "exhausted" by the MCU, but she'd love to return
Olsen says that "we might culturally get a little bit exhausted by," the sprawling MCU, but that doesn't stop her from wanting to put on those Maximoff reds again
October 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Say Anything star John Cusack is headed out on a cosmic road trip for Jackie Gleason in his next big project - and it's a comic
Momo, out in 2026, will see Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, and Being John Malkovich star Cusack collaborating with Helldorado artist Ignacio Noé
October 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Peaky Blinders is returning for two 6-part sequel seasons taking place 20 years after the Netflix/BBC original
We know, we know, theres a Peaky Blinders movie on the way first. But then, the Shelby family is heading back to streaming, set against the backdrop of 1953 Britain
October 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios was planning a gritty crossover between Punisher and Echo before Daredevil: Born Again was closed down and retooled
Turns out, more mature content between Frank Castle and Maya Lopez was already in the works at Marvel Studios, even before they decided Kingpin was gonna bash that dude's head in in Daredevil: Born Again
October 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Amazon's Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power deal was for 5 seasons - and if they don't deliver, it'll cost them something... precious ($20 million per season, to be precise)
Amazon assembled its fellowship to create 50 episodes of The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power across 5 seasons. Now, with the show trapped in kind of streaming Mordor, we take a look at what the cost would be to give up the quest
October 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Spoilers!I watched the first ten minutes of HBO's IT: Welcome to Derry - here's what to expect
Heads up, we're going to get into some spoilers for IT: Welcome to Derry here, but as the title indicates, none that go beyond the first couple of minutes of Pennywise's latest haunting chapter
October 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Smallville cast reunion with Tom Welling, John Glover, Kristin Kreuk, & Erica Durance from New York Comic Con 2022
Smallville's Clark Kent (Welling), Lana Lang (Kreuk), Lionel Luthor (Glover), and Lois Lane (Durance) went to a different kind of Metropolis, and Popverse was there to film it
October 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
I began my Halloween under a Crooked Moon, courtesy of the Legends of Avantris
GM'd by Legends of Avantris's own Derek Hudson, I took the train to Druskenvald to play one of the most successful custom D&D 5E campaigns in recent TTRPG history: The Crooked Moon
October 01, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role cast member (and monster expert) Alex Ward can see himself playing at least one of Brennan Lee Mulligan's creature creations, but reminds us that "humans are the worst monsters of all"
Ward, who is the actor behind some of the freakiest creatures to be on screen in recent memory, is bringing is monstrous expertise to Critical Role Campaign 4 as Occtis Tachonis
September 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Robbie Daymond wanted his Campaign 4 character to be the exact opposite of Bells Hells breakout Dorian Storm
Dorian Storm, who was played in both Hells Bells and Exandria Unlimited by Daymond, is the categorical opposite of what Campaign 4's Kattigan Vale will turn out to be
September 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stephen King is an idol of horror literature, but he thinks there's one thing you shouldn't be afraid of: spoilers
The creator of Pennywise the Clown doesn't care if you know that Pennywise is defeated at the end of IT. That said, Stephen King thinks there is one horror writer whose work you should approach spoiler-free
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
KPop Demon Hunters band HUNTR/X is performing live for the first time (and on US television!), even though they're not real
The singing voices behind Netflix's animated megahit - that is, Ejae, Nuna and Rei Ami - are set to perform KPOp Demon Hunter songs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Elle Fanning was daunted to play a Weylan-Yutani synth in Predator: Badlands, but one past Alien actor in particular inspired her performance
Fanning, who plays Weylan-Yutani synth Thia in the upcoming Predator-starring film, says David Jonsson's Andy in Alien: Romulus heavily inspired her role
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sorry DC fans: David Corenswet's Superman isn’t in Peacemaker Season 2 - and the season's big twist isn’t a DCU hint of things to come
Heads up, some Peacemaker season 2 spoilers are on the way - including that big reveal from episode 6. You know the one.
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Does Stranger Things season 5 already have missing footage? The Duffer Brothers think so
Don't worry, we're not gonna spoil anything that happens in Netflix's final chapter of Stranger Things. Especially since the footage we're talking about, according to Mat & Ross, might not actually exist?
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Image Comics announces that comic stores will get collected editions 27 days ahead of bookstores and digital outlets
Your local comic book shop is still the best place to get titles like Battle Beast, Spawn, and Transformers, as Image Comics announces incentive to shop there
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Witcher's Yennefer, Anya Chalotra, was brought to tears upon learning that Henry Cavill was leaving the Netflix show
Chalotra, who returns to The Witcher season 4 recently got candid about her feelings regarding the exit of her costar Cavill. But let's be clear from the jump - at no point does the on-screen Yennefer disparage Liam Hemsworth
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Magic: The Gathering returns to Middle Earth with new Hobbit set coming in 2026
Just a few days after Hobbit Day 2025, Magic: The Gathering's Universe is welcoming Tolkien nerds back to... well, more nerd stuff
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Star Trek fans will be able to visit the Final Frontier with a Magic the Gathering crossover in 2026
Boldly go where no... actually, we expect that when the MTG x Star Trek collab drops next year, most everybody who's a fan of either of those properties will be going
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The opening of IT: Chapter Two makes Derry itself worse than Pennywise [The Coldest Open]
Or I don't know, maybe Pennywise IS Derry. Either way, the opening moments of Andy Muschietti's IT sequel make one thing clear - both of 'em suck
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Marisha Ray offers advice on cosplaying her Campaign 4 character - "Let it all hang out"
Ray, who will play Murray Mag'Nesson in the upcoming Critical Role Campaign 4, advises those inspired by her look to "let the sun hit them in all the places"
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
What do the Critical Role Campaign 4 characters smell like? Sam Riegel knows
Rumors from an unnamed source (kidding, it was Aabria Iyengar) suggested Riegel's Wiccander Halovar might smell like Davidoff Cool Water in Critical Role Campaign 4. Popverse investigated.
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix knows you love KPop Demon Hunters - in fact, they're counting on that love to advertise new animated series Haunted Hotel
Your Idol, the popular villains song form KPop Demon Hunters, happens to be a perfect anthem for Abaddon, the demon-possessed cast member of Haunted Hotel
September 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Aabria Iyengar wants to calm your Campaign 4 fears over being overwhelmed by a "sheer tonnage of extraordinarily hot PCs"
Iyengar, who transforms into Thaisha Lloy for Critical Role's biggest campaign yet, understands that you're scared about the next adventure being simply too sexy. But being slightly scared of art, she says, is a great thing
September 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Demon Slayer star Zach Aguilar, the voice of Tanjiro Kamada, from his New York Comic Con spotlight panel
The English voice of Tanjiro Kamado took the Main Stage at NYCC for a panel Demon Slayer fans won't want to miss - and thanks to Popverse, now you don't have to
September 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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After that Alien: Earth season 1 finale, you probably want to know about season 2 - so does lead Sydney Chandler
Beware of Alien: Earth episode 8 spoilers, xenomorph fans. Not that any are coming from showrunner Noah Hawley, as the show's own lead actor confirms
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role star Laura Bailey knows that her Campaign 4 character resembles Jester Lavorre... but don't let that fool you; they couldn't be more different
"They are both cute," Bailey says of both her Campaign 4 character, Thimble, and her fan-favorite Mighty Nein character, Jester Lavorre. But apart from that, don't expect much similarity
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matt Mercer teases Campaign 4's new setting of Aramán - and how it differs from Exandria
Mercer, who will transition from GM to enigmatic player character Sir Julien Davinos in Critical Role's Campaign 4, says the differences between Exandria and Aramán lie in their history with the gods
September 24, 2025
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The Critical Role cast has heard your speculation about the Campaign 4 factions... but no one's completely nailed them yet, says Marisha Ray
Ray, who plays Murray Mag'Nussen in the upcoming Critical Role campaign, urges fans not to "get too in the weeds of what someone's wardrobe looks like"
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role mastermind Matt Mercer has a surprise origin story - he never finished his first D&D campaign
The creator of Exandria has always had big ideas for his Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Too big, it turns out, for the first people Critical Role star Mercer ever played with
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator: Badlands is "a kind of buddy-comedy" with a Predator who's intentionally not Luke Skywalker, says director
No, Prey director Dan Trachtenberg never intended Predator: Badlands characters Dek and Thia to be kissing siblings. Unless...?
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spider-Man changed the shape, format, and length of Marvel Zombies on Disney+ - here's how
In Disney+'s Marvel Zombies, hordes of the undead aren't the biggest problem facing Peter Parker - that would be shared film rights
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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John Boyega says if he were to produce Star Wars, it would've been different - and at Florida Supercon 2025, he told us how
It's well-known Boyega wasn't a fan of what happened with his character, Finn. But as it turns out, he wouldn't changed what happened to Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, too
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Studios Nightcrawler Alan Cumming doesn't seem to know what Avengers: Secret Wars is - but he does seem to think Halle Berry will be in Doomsday?
The MCU's newest Spoiler-in-Chief is pretty sure that we'll see Halle Berry's Storm return for Avengers: Doomsday. And after that? Alan Cumming really doesn't know. Maybe because he's the MCU's Spoiler-in-Chief
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars sequel hero Finn DID defeat Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel... behind the scenes during filming for The Force Awakens
John Boyega recently revealed that the epic victory of his character over Adam Driver's in Star Wars: The Force Awakens really did happen the way fans hoped... as an on-set blooper
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt